African Youth Languages New Media, Performing Arts and Sociolinguistic Development /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hurst-Harosh, Ellen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kanana Erastus, Fridah (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: African languages.; Sociolinguistics.; Applied linguistics.; Multilingualism.; Performing arts.; Slang.; African Languages.; Applied Linguistics.; Performing Arts.; Slang and Jargon.

This book showcases current research on language in new media, the performing arts and music in Africa, emphasising the role that youth play in language change and development. The authors demonstrate how the efforts of young people to throw off old colonial languages and create new local ones has b...